Edipo Antonio Rodríguez Encarnación (born 27 June 1993), simply known as Edipo in Spain, is a Dominican footballer who plays as a right winger for Tercera Federación club Palencia. He represented the Dominican Republic internationally. He also holds Spanish citizenship.
Club career Born in Barahona, Edipo moved to Soria in 1999, aged six,Edipo: 'Jugar con tu país es lo máximo' (Edipo: 'Playing with your country is the best') ; Diario de Soria, 18 September 2014 and started playing for lowly CD Calasanz five years later. In March 2008 he went on a trial at Real Valladolid, but nothing came of it.Mendoza ubica en España a talentoso futbolista de RD (Mendoza finds in Spain a talented footballer from RD); Diario Libre, 24 July 2008
In the 2009 summer Edipo joined CD Numancia, after a stint at Club Internacional de la Amistad."Allí la gente se toma la vida con más calma, aquí es diferente" ("There the people take life with more calmness, here is different") ; Heraldo de Soria, 10 February 2015 In 2011, he made his senior debuts, appearing for the former's reserve team in Tercera División.
On 15 February 2015 Edipo played his first match as a professional, coming on as a second half substitute for Mickaël Gaffoor in a 2–1 away win against SD Ponferradina in the Segunda División championship.El Numancia voltea el duelo en un final pletórico de Julio Álvarez (Numancia tosses the duel with a plethoric ending from Julio Álvarez); Marca, 15 February 2015 On 11 July he was loaned to Segunda División B side CD Guadalajara, in a season-long deal.Edipo (Numancia), cedido al Guadalajara (Edipo (Numancia), loaned to Guadalajara); El Mundo Deportivo, 11 July 2015
In May 2016, after being sparingly used by Guadalajara, Edipo joined Club Atlético San Cristóbal in his homeland. He rescinded his link in August, and returned to Spain in October after signing for CD San José in the fourth tier.
On 16 January 2017, Edipo moved to CE L'Hospitalet in the third division.
International career On 18 August 2014 Edipo was called up to Dominican Republic national team for a friendly against El Salvador.Edipo Rodríguez, convocado por la selección absoluta de República Dominicana (Edipo Rodríguez, called up to Dominican Republic's main squad) ; You First Sports, 18 August 2014 He made his international debut late in the month, starting in a 0–2 loss.2–0. El Salvador vence a dominicanos en primer triunfo en era del español Roca (2–0. El Salvador defeats Dominicans in first victory in Spanish Roca's era); Mundo Deportivo, 31 August 2014
International goals Scores and results list Dominican Republic's goal tally first.
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 26 March 2016 Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao 1–1 1–2 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification 2. 28 August 2016 Estadio Panamericano, San Cristobal, Dominican Republic 1–0 5–0 Friendly 3. 8 November 2017 Estadio Cacique Diriangén, Diriamba, Nicaragua 1–0 3–0 Friendly 4. 3–0 5. 11 November 2017 Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic 1–0 1–0 Friendly 6. 12 October 2018 Estadio Cibao, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic 2–0 3–0 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
References
External links
https://www.futboltotalrd.com/player/edipo-rodriguez/ https://www.ligadominicanadefutbol.com/player/edippo-rodriguez/